The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption and pollution. The dirt and scum that has attached itself to our hearts and minds is agitated and revealed by both the workings of a guilty conscience and the devouring avarice of the enemy of our souls.The

Hope is never ill when faith is well.

To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art like the man that would ride full gallop whose horse will hardly trot. Now the desire of his mind is not to be judged of by the slow pace of the dull jade he rides on, but by the hitching and kicking and spurring as he sits on his back. Thy flesh is like this dull jade, it will not gallop after Christ, it will be backward though thy soul and heaven lie at stake.

It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.